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No. 588,020. Patented Aug. 10,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV SEGSCHNEIDER, OF YONKERS, NElV YORK.

MACHINE FOR CURLING HAT-BRIMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,020, dated August 10, 1897.

Application filed June 2, 1897. Serial No. 639,149. (No model.)-

To (0 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV SEcscnNEIDnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of \Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Curling l-Iat-Brims, of which the following is a specification.

Various machines for curling the brilns of soft hats have been proposed heretofore, in which a heated rotary ironing-tool is used in connection with a turn-table on which the hat is placed and which turn-table has a raised and inwardly-turned flange at its circumference, which flange overlaps the ironing-tool andvholds the curled brim while it is rapidly rotated and pressed against the inner side of the brim. These machines have some practical defects, the principal one being some difficulty in removing the hat after the brim i s curled from the flanged table. The hat has to be pulled out, so that that portion of the brim which is at the time between the ironing-tool and the flange of the turntable is liable to be dented and frequently torn. Another objection to these hat-brimcurling machines is that the ironing-tool, being heated up by a gas-flame, is covered with black soot so as to frequently smudge the hat-brims, which is especially objectionable when soft hats of light color are curled. The object of my invention is to furnish to hat-manufacturers a hat-brim-curling machine by which the curling operation is accomplished in a perfectly safe and reliable manner without any injury to the brim in removing the curled edge and by which the objectionable smudging of the hats by the deposits from the heating-flame is avoided; and the invention consists of a hat-brim-curling machine which comprises a heated rotary ironing-tool supported at the end of an upright shaft, means for rotating said shaft and tool, means for heating the same, a tilting table for supporting the hat to be curled, and a reciprocating brim-curling tool having a concave flange at its upper end that serves to curl the brim over the rim of the ironingtool.

The invention consists, further, of the specific construction of the reciprocating curlin gtool formed of a spring-plate and means for adjusting the spring tension of the same and a concaved flange for overlapping the tool.

The invention consists, further, of the construction of the heating device, by which the rotary ironing-tool is heated in a very efiecfive manner without depositing any products of combustion on the same or on its shaft.

The invention consists, lastly, of certain details of construction and combination of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved machine for curling hat-brims. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical transverse section drawn on a larger scale and showing the relative position of the tilting table, rotary ironing-tool, and hat-reciprocating brim-curling tool. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section showing the connection of the shaft for supporting the ironing-tool with the driving-shaft 0f the machine. Fig. 5 is vertical transverse section of a modified form of brimcurling flange. Fig. (5 is a plan View of the machine, partly in horizontal section, on line 6 6; and Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the reciprocating brim-curling tool, showing the device for adjusting its springtension.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

Referring to the drawings, A represents the supporting-frame of the machine, which is provided with a suitable top A, on which is supported an upright standard B, that is provided with bracket-bearings B for the driving-shaft O, to the lower end of which the rotary ironing-tool D is applied.

The ironing tool D is provided with a rounded-off rim, its shaft being connected to the driving-shaft by inserting its upper end into a split socket O and clamping the shaft 0 to said socket by means of an interiorlythreaded sleeve 0 that is screwed over the exteriorly-threaded socket C. The lower end of the sleeve O is made square or hexagonal for permitting the wrench to be applied thereto in inserting or removing the shaft 0 and ironing-tool D.

Below the ironing-tool is arranged a tilting tableT, which turns by means of lugs pivoted to the upright supporting-posts t, the outer end of the table T being connected by a helical spring with the bed-plate A that is supported on the frame A A. A lever T is fulcrumed to a post i, transversely at the under side of the table T, and the outer end of the lever T being connected by a pivot rod or chain T with a treadle T that is pivoted .to the lower part of the supporting-frame A and that serves to raise the outer end of the table, so that the edge below the ironingtool is lowered when the treadle is depressed. An inclined slot .9 is arranged in the table at a certain distance from the center of the same, said slot being made of such size that the thumb and fingers of the workman may be introduced into it, and its distance from the center being such as that the slot crosses the outer periphery of the hat-brim, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6. By means of this slot .3 the taking hold of the brim of the hat forturning it and for feeding it to the action of the curled-frame devices is facilitated, and thereby the time consumed in lifting up the brim by the attendant is saved.

The tilting table T is preferably made of square shape, and along the inner rear edge of the same is guided in suitable ways 6, arranged on the bed-plate A a straight reciprocating curling-tool E, which is constructed of a supporting-plate E, the lower dovetailed part of which is guided in the ways 6, an upright spring-plate e attached at its lower part to the supporting-plate E, and the curved curling-flange e, that is adapted to lap over the ironing-tool and produce the curling of the brim in connection therewith, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The spring-plate '6 by which the curling-flange c is supported, is preferably made of sheet-steel that yields under pressure, so as to prevent the tearing of the hat-brims while curling the same. The tension of the spring-plate is increased or diminished by means of spring-rods f at their outer ends and pass through holes of the supporting-plate E, the inner ends being applied to a block f, which is adjusted by means of a set-screw f nearer to or farther away from the supporting-plate E, so as to increase or decrease the pressure of the spring-rods f on the spring-plate c and thereby the springtension of the same.

The straight reciprocating curling-tool E is provided with a handle E at its outer end,

by which the workman during the curling action moves the curling-tool E slowly forward past the ironing-tool, while he simultaneously moves the hat on the table with the other hand, so as to feed it into the space between the rotary ironing-tool and the curling-flange c.

The heating of the ironing-tool D is accomplished by means of a copper sleeve F, which is supported by an angular arm F in such a manner that the sleeve extends equidistantly above and below said arm. The lower downwardly-extending part of the arm is attached to the supporting-frame -A and a Bunsen burner F placed below the horizontal portion of the angular arm F, so as to heat the arm at some distance from the sleeve F; As copper is a good conductor of heat, the sleeve F is heated thereby, which heat is transmitted by radiation to the lower part of the shaft 0 and ironing-tool D. No carbon particles are deposited on the ironing-tools, which are kept perfectly clean, so that no smudging of the hat-brims can take place, while the very effective heating of the tool is produced.

In place of a concave curling-flange e an angular curling-flange or any cross-section of the same maybe used, according to the style of curl that has to be imparted to the brim.

The operation of my improved curling-machine is as follows: The hat is placed on the table and shifted under the ironing-tool. The thumb and fingers of the left hand take hold of the brim of the hat and move the same by means of the slot 5- toward the grooved flange of the reciprocating curling-tool. Simultaneously with the pushing the hat-brim in forward direction the curlingtool is slightly moved by the right hand, so that the heated rotary ironing-tool can impart the required curl to the edge of the brim, as shown in Fig. 3. After a section of the hat is curled cor responding to the length'of the curling-tool, the feeding of the hat by the left hand is interrupted and the curling-tool drawn back again, when on the forward motion of the curling-tool the feeding of the hat takes place simultaneously, so that the next section'of the hat-brim is curled, and so on until the entire brim is finished. The table is' then tilted in downward direction by pressing the treadle and the hat removed from the ironing-tool without any injury to the same. The treadle is then released, the table returned into normal position by its spring, and another hat placed in position thereon for curling, the same being fed to the rotary ironingtool and the reciprocating curling-tool, as before described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a heated ironingtool, of atilting table andarecipro'catingcurh ing-tool provided with a grooved flange at its upper end overlapping the ironing-tool, said curling-tool being arranged along one edge of thetable, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a heated ironingtool, of a tilting table below thetool, a reciprocatin g curling-tool having a concave curling-flange at its upper end overlapping the ironing-tool, and a yielding spring-plate supporting said flange, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a rotary shaft, a heated ironing-tool at the end of said shaft, a tilting table for supporting the hat to becurled, means. for tilting the table, and a straight reciprocating curling-tool arranged at one edge of the table provided with a spring-plate, a grooved curling-flange overthe sleeve to the ironing-tool, substantially as lapping the ironing-tool, and means for guidset forth.

ing the said curling-tool, substantially as set In testimony that I claim the foregoing as forth. my invention I have signed my name in pres- 5 4. The combination, with a rotary ironingence of two subscribing Witnesses.

tool means for-impartin rotary motion to the 7 same, a sleeve surrounding the shaft of the GUSTAV S-EGSOHNEIDER' ironing-tool, an angular arm supporting said 'Witnesses: sleeve, and means for heating said arm so as THOMAS M. ROWLETTE, IO to transmit the heat to the sleeve, and from XVILLIAM B. ROBERTS. 

